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Sisters sentenced for luring man from Allentown bar to robbery in Bethlehem
Both women testified against a man who allegedly attacked the victim during the robbery, but the man was acquitted by a jury on all charges. View full sizeA pair of sisters received the same prison...
View ArticleHow deep must cuts go before you leave a school district? (poll)
School districts are facing the prospect of increasing taxes and cutting jobs. Is there anything a school board could cut that would make you leave a school district? Or are your community roots too...
View ArticleFlight to Philadelphia makes emergency landing in Phoenix
Authorities say the Boeing 757 circled the airport before it landed without incident about 10:30 a.m. Authorities say a US Airways flight to Philadelphia had to return to Phoenix's airport and make an...
View ArticleSuspects detained in California wildfire by officer who knew something was...
Also, the 'Swiss Cheese Pervert' suspect was arrested. Three men were detained in a wildfire that began early this morning in California. And the officer who arrested them said she knew "immediately...
View ArticleYou voted: Cut in athletics would make you leave a school district
See what some readers had to say about the proposed cuts. What program cuts would make readers consider moving out of their school district? Athletics. Here's how things shook out from a...
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Lehigh Valley housing sales drop but hope for housing market remains
Early data gathered by the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission show housing sales dropped 67 percent between 2008 and 2012, among other findings. A for sale sign hangs in front of a house in Walpole,...
View ArticleSnow showers expected overnight into Saturday, weather service says
An inch or more could accumulate, the National Weather Service says. In case you didn't notice, it was several degrees colder this morning than it has been in recent days. And while it's sunny this...
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Pennsylvania bishop nominated to be provisional bishop for Episcopal Diocese...
The Rt. Rev. Sean Rowe, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Northwestern Pennsylvania, has been nominated. Voting is scheduled for March 1 in Bethlehem. Bishop Sean Rowe is shown with his wife, Carly,...
View ArticlePennsylvania judge strikes down voter ID law
Commonwealth Court Judge Bernard McGinley, a Democrat, says the requirement that was the centerpiece of Pennsylvania's embattled 2012 voter identification law places an unreasonable burden on the...
View ArticlePower outage hits Route 57 corridor, northern Hunterdon County - UPDATE
Emergency officials were scrambling to man intersections where traffic lights were out. A large power outage this morning had the Route 57 corridor as far east as Washington Township in Warren County...
View ArticleObama says he wants phone data control out of government's hands
The president says intelligence agencies need to get court approval to look at such records. Seeking to calm a furor over U.S. surveillance, President Barack Obama today called for ending the...
View ArticleDemocrats rally around court ruling against Pennsylvania's voter ID law
State legislators passed the law before the 2012 presidential election, but a ruling by a former Northampton County judge put it on hold. Local Democrats hailed a Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court...
View ArticleLehigh Valley bar owners hesitant on tavern games because of high costs
Select games of chance were legalized in November. Lehigh Valley tavern owners packed an information session this afternoon to learn about Pennsylvania's new tavern gaming law. And many left...
View ArticleTwo students wounded in shooting at Philadelphia charter school
The shooting happened at the Delaware Valley Charter High School in north Philadelphia about 3 p.m., authorities said. A boy and a girl hanging out with a group of fellow students in a high school gym...
View ArticleFor sale: 'Slightly haunted' house in northeastern Pennsylvania
An open house attracted lots of curiosity seekers but no legitimate buyers. Between the mysteriously banging doors, the odd noises coming from the basement and the persistent feeling that someone is...
View ArticleH1N1 the 'predominant' strain for the winter flu season, health officials say
Local infectious disease specialists say they are seeing an increase in those infected with the virus known by many as swine flu. Flu season is here, local health officials said, and the predominant...
View ArticleHave you seen these people? Fugitives of the week, Jan. 18, 2014
Northampton, Warren and Hunterdon county authorities seek these suspects. Northampton County authorities seek Eric Shaw Warren County authorities seek Michael J. Dieduardo Hunterdon County authorities...
View ArticleTarget says credit-monitoring email isn't a scam
But the company has identified a handful of scammers who are trying to take advantage of the public's fear and confusion. An email sent to the roughly 70 million Target customers who may have been...
View ArticleAtlantic City casino's poker tournament suspended for investigation into use...
The first event of the Borgata Winter Poker Open was suspended Friday for 24 hours by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement after suspicions about the games arose. An Atlantic City casino...
View ArticleNew Jersey in worst fiscal shape in nation, study finds - news links
Also, 18 die in a funeral stampede in India. An analysis that ranked each state in the nation by four indicators found New Jersey in the worst fiscal shape of any state, according to an NJ.com report....
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